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Quantification of outdoor gamma radiation level and consequent health hazards assessment in Panipat district of Haryana, India

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The radiation dose due to natural terrestrial gamma radiations is an important contribution to the average total dose rate received by world’s population. Therefore, in this study, a systematic measurement of outdoor gamma radiations has been done using radiation monitor, based on Geiger-Muller technique, in Panipat district of Haryana. The gamma dose rate was found to be in the range from 85 ± 4.250 nSv/h – 216 ± 10.800 nSv/h. The annual effective dose (AED) due to outdoor gamma radiation in Panipat district was computed to be in the range of 0.104 ± 0.005—0.265 ± 0.010 mSv/year. The value of excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) was found to be in the range of 0.391 × 10–3—0.994 × 10–3.

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This study was funded by Board Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy under National Uranium Project. Authors would like to acknowledge members of TSC-4, NRFCC, BRNS; HPD, HS&E Group, BARC and NUP team members for their continuous support in the execution of the project. Authors are also thankful to Aggarwal College Ballabgarh for providing all the facilities required to carry this project.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Aggarwal College Ballabgarh, Faridabad, India

    Naresh Tanwer, Poonam Anand & Neha Batra

  2. Department of Physics, Aggarwal College Ballabgarh, Faridabad, India

    Krishan Kant

  3. NAPS, Narora, India

    Y. P. Gautam

  4. Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

    S. K. Sahoo

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Tanwer, N., Anand, P., Batra, N. et al. Quantification of outdoor gamma radiation level and consequent health hazards assessment in Panipat district of Haryana, India. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 330, 1453–1459 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07960-0

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